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To: Ilaine who wrote (27693)	1/11/2008 10:00:20 PM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 217764

In the BP Oil world, if an employee deceived somebody and got money illegally while purporting to be acting for BP and while obviously in the employ of BP, I'd expect that BP would be liable for the criminal employee's actions as they should be managing the person. For example, failing to comply with safety laws is illegal, but BP was held liable even though it was a local manager/mayor who was on the take for lax management practises. For example, if a welding contract was let, but the welding company and BP manager didn't do the work but shared the payment, I don't think the environmental and life harming damage would be held to be solely the liability of the miscreants. The authorities issuing the building permits should have had a feedback control system to manage their approvals staff, building inspectors etc. If the people buying the house knew, or should reasonably have known, that there was bribery and corruption, then of course they are out of luck. If the mayor and other employees were in on the corruption, then it's absurd that the buyer should have their property confiscated without some recompense. Looking at that house, it was obviously a stupid thing to do to knock it down. The loss of public amenity of the land occupied could have been offset against the value of the house etc. My point is the stupidity of knocking down the house. But that's governments for you. Mqurice